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ALTHEOD J. HOUllE, OF MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters atent No. 729,866, dated June 2,1903.

Application led February 13, 1903. Serial No. 143,254. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ALTHEOD J. HOULE, a citizen of the United States,residing in Manchester, in the county of Hillsboro and State of NewHampshire, have invented a new and useful Improvement in BagConveying'and Supporting Trucks, of which the followingis aspecification.

This invention relates to that class of trucks adapted for transportingor conveying bags of merchandise, and particularly to the class in whichthe bag is held in a vertical position in order that it may be filled atthe source of supply and the truck with the filled bag then trundledaway to a point Where the bag may be closed or transported or disposedof in any Vrectangular in shape and somewhat longer than it is wide, andprovided ron its under side near the corners with suitable casters b.The upper' surface near the corners is provided with vertical posts e,preferably metallic and made of iiat or other shaped material, saidposts being secured to the platform by bolts c, which extend through thefeet d. The two posts at each end are connected and made rigid bysuitable horizontal braces f, which are bolted at g to said posts. Therigidity of the posts is further secured by means of the diagonal braces7i, which are bolted at their opposite ends at 71; to the said posts eand thel platform ct. preferably set with their edgestoward the centerof the platform. Bolted at Z to the upper portion of one of the faces ofeach post is a vertical guard,whose main portion m sets out at somedistance from the post, said guard being preferably of flat metal and ofsubstantially the same width as the post. Anumber of pins n, arranged ina vertical row, extend horizontally from each post at substantiallyright angles thereto between said guard fm l These posts are.

and the post, said pins in each row being also at substantially rightangles with ahorizontal line drawn from the post to the center of theplatform, and hence at right angles with the line of direction of thepull of the bag. Suspended from one of said pins in each row is aswinging supporting-bar s, provided with a series of holes p for thelongitudinal adjustment thereof.` The said bar has on its lower end ahook t, turned upward toward its under side. w represents a bag forcontaining grain, coal, fruit, or other merchandise adapted to beshipped in bags.

In operation the bag is placed centrally with relation. to the platformat such a height that its lower end just touches the platform, and thebars s catch into the four corners of the bag by means of the hooks z5,said bars being suspended by slipping each on one of the pins n by meansof one ofthe holes p, such pins and holes being selected as will allowthe bag to be extended centrally for its full length in the positionillustrated. The truck may then be trundled to the place where the bagis to be lled and afterward drawn to the place from which it is to beremoved, sold, stored, or transported. The bars s are placed with theirhooked ends extending downward instead of upward in order that the bagmay be more readily attached and for the purpose of lessening the dangerof injury to the persons who `'are handling them and the bags.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is- 1. A bag conveying and supporting truck,consisting of a substantially level platform provided with suitablecasters 5 upright posts secured at their lower ends to the platform andextending up therefrom at suitable distances apart; substantiallyvertical rows of,`

may be caught over said pins, and formed at t their lower ends withmeans whereby they may be attached to the upper edge of a bag, saidparts being combined and arranged substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

2. A bag conveying and supporting truck,

bars whereby they may be attached to the upper edge of a bag; and guardssecured to the posts and extending over and along said rows of pins,said parts being combinedv and arranged substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses. v

ALTHEOD J. HOULE.

Witnesses:

JAMES F. GILROY, M. J. DRIsooLL.

